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Heart Podcast episodes

July 31, 2017 How does going to space affect our health?
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Benjamin Levine from UT Southwestern Medical Center, Texas. They discuss the physiological challenges presented by space travel and how astronauts can adapt. And James discovers he could still become an astronaut (at least as far as his heart is concerned) - there’s hope yet!
Link to authors details: http://profiles.utsouthwestern.edu/profile/14262/benjamin-levine.html
13 min
July 31, 2017 Losing control - Arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Pier Lambiase from Bart's Heart Centre and University College London. They discuss arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy - its causes, incidence, treatment and outcomes.
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/19/1543.
12 min
July 13, 2017 Tips for publishing your research
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Heart Editor-In-Chief Professor Catherine Otto from Seattle, USA. They discuss actionable steps for getting your research published. Spoiler - it all starts with a good question!
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/16/1292.
13 min
June 30, 2017 Spontaneous coronary artery dissection - why does it happen?
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr David Adlam from the University of Leicester. They discuss spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) - its pathology, aetiology, diagnosis and treatment. Dr Adler is happy to be emailed about adding patients to SCAD registry and to give clinical advice to other physicians.
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/31/heartjnl-2016-310320.info
17 min
June 14, 2017 An MR-guided approach to angina management - the MR INFORM Study
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Eike Nagel from the Frankfurt Institute for Translational Cardiovascular Imaging. They discuss how cardiac MRI can guide the management of patients with angina, as demonstrated in the MR Inform study, presented as a late-breaking trial at ACC 2017. They also touch on the latest NICE guidelines for management of stable angina.
Link to Study: http://www.acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology/Clinical-Trials/2017/03/16/14/42/MR-INFORM
15 min
June 07, 2017 Cardiology in Focus - the launch plan
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Jubin Joseph from St Thomas’ Hospital, London. They discuss a new section in Heart, aimed particularly at cardiology trainees and fellows, called Cardiology in Focus. They also highlight the attractiveness of cardiology as a specialty as well as some of the current challenges that it faces.
11 min
May 11, 2017 Assessing stable chest pain - a NICE win for CT
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Adam Timmis from Barts Heart Centre. The UK NICE committee updated their stable chest pain guidelines in 2016 and this was controversial. They discuss the changes in the guidelines since 2010.
Link to published paper: heartjnl-2015-308341 http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/04/27/heartjnl-2015-308341
11 min
May 03, 2017 Stable chest pain assessment revisited - the case against cardiac CT
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Paul Cremer from The Cleveland Clinic. They discuss Paul's views, expressed in a Heart Editorial, on the latest NICE guidelines for assessment of stable chest pain.
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/05/02/heartjnl-2017-311410
9 min
April 26, 2017 Tips for managing cardiac emergencies in pregnancy
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. van Hagen and Professor Roos Hesselink from Erasmus University, Rotterdam. They discuss an approach to managing cardiac emergencies arising during pregnancy, based on their excellent Education in Heart paper linked below.
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/2/159.long
13 min
April 12, 2017 How to diagnose pulmonary embolism: Age-adjusted D-dimer, PERC rule and Wells score
In this special episode, we bring you three interviews with key people behind clinical decision tools for prediction of pulmonary embolism. This topic is covered in a BMJ Learning module called 'Step by step: how to diagnose pulmonary embolism', which is a practical guide for GPs available at www.learning.bmj.com - direct URL: https://goo.gl/NyN3FQ.
The program starts with an interview with Dr Phil Wells, who is the author of the Wells score for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
This is followed by a discussion with Dr Gregoire le Gal, author of the paper on age adjusted D-dimer.
The last interview is with Dr Jeff Kline, who is the author of the PERC rule.
The interviews are conducted by Dr Kerstin de Witt lead author of the BMJ Learning module on how to diagnose a pulmonary embolism.
14 min

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